I might I have learned a Finnish word today: kalevala, which by itself I would surmised as some kind of esoteric European coffe, but obviously means "comedy." Something always rubs off.

It triggered other musings:that indeed language is metaphorical and to try to reduce it to mere logic and mathemathics is to have lost the sense of the poetic. I understood nothing else, other than some kind of performance of Commedia dell'Arte is being performed some place in Finland. We do live in a global village!

I have a nephew who directs ancient Greek plays in ancient Greek theaters all over the Mediterranean world. Rationalists (those who posit the false premise of modernity vs. antiquity) think him a bit mad. Indeed, in a tupsy turvy world sanity and spontaneity may turn out to be the exceptions, not the rule. Viva la commedia dell'arte.

Julija

2007-06-17 21:27:24

I really enjoyed the show today. It was a brilliant idea to join commedia dell' arte and Kalevala, they seem to match perfectly. Great acting, also costumes and music set the right mood.

I am studying Finnish and was happy that I understood a lot, but of course it helped that I had read Kalevala previously in Slovene translation.